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_a916.216 _bSIM _222 |
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_aSims, David, _4author. _96467 |
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_aUnderstanding Cairo : _bthe logic of a city out of control / _cDavid Sims ; with a foreword by Janet Abu-Lughod. |
250 | _aFirst paperback edition. | ||
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_aCairo ; _aNew York : _bThe American University in Cairo Press, _c2012. |
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_axxiii, 360 pages : _billustrations, maps, plans ; _c23 cm |
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_atext _btxt _2rdacontent |
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_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia |
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_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier |
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500 | _a"With a new Postscript: Revolutionary Cairo one year on"-- Cover. | ||
504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | ||
505 | 0 | _aImaging Cairo -- Cairo is Egypt and Egypt is Cairo -- A history of modern Cairo : three cities in one -- Informal Cairo triumphant -- Housing real and speculative -- The desert city today -- Working in the city -- City on the move : a complementary informality? -- Governing Cairo -- Summing up : serendipity? -- Postscript: revolutionary Cairo one year on. | |
520 | _aTrying to make sense of the urban giant that is Cairo. "This book moves beyond superficial generalizations about Cairo as a chaotic metropolis in the developing world into an analysis of the ways the city's eighteen million inhabitants have, in the face of a largely neglectful government, built and shaped their own city. Using a wealth of recent studies on Greater Cairo and a deep reading of informal urban processes, the city and its recent history are portrayed and mapped: the huge, spontaneous neighborhoods; housing; traffic and transport; city government; and its people and their enterprises. The book argues that understanding a city such as Cairo is not a daunting task as long as pre-conceived notions are discarded and care is taken to apprehend available information and to assess it with a critical eye. In the case of Cairo, this approach leads to a conclusion that the city can be considered a kind of success story, in spite of everything" -- Cover. | ||
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_aUrbanization _zEgypt _zCairo. _2BUEsh |
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_aSociology, Urban _zEgypt _zCairo. _2BUEsh |
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_aCity planning _zEgypt _zCairo. _2BUEsh |
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_aCairo (Egypt) _xDescription and travel. _2BUEsh |
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_bBUSBOL _bGGEN _cMarch2020 |
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_vReading book _934232 |
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_aAbu-Lughod, Janet L., _eauthor of introduction, etc. |
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_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1407/2012288479-t.html |
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_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1407/2012288479-d.html |
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_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1407/2012288479-b.html |
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